The Clergy v David Cameron: 27 bishops slam the PM's welfare reforms

SLAMMED: The Church of England say it is imperative for the PM to act [GETTY]

The criticism is a big political move from the religious organisation, as a whopping 43 members of the Clergy have spoken out against the Prime Minister.

In a letter to the Daily Mirror, 27 Anglican bishops and 16 other members of the faith have accused the Conservative party leader of creating hardship and hunger.

The letter said: "Britain is the world's seventh largest economy and yet people are going hungry."

"We must as a society, face up to the fact that over half of people using food banks have been put in that situation by cut backs and failures in the benefit system."

The message makes for grim reading, it even reveals that many mothers are skipping meals to ensure their children get enough to eat.

A whopping 27 of the 59 Church Of England bishops signed the open letter, which claims that Cameron has an 'acute moral imperative to act".

SPEAKS OUT: Archbishop Vincent Nichols has said the cuts are a 'disgrace' [GETTY]

The church's message reveals that half a million people have visited food banks in the UK since last Easter and a staggering 5,500 people have sought medical treatment for malnutrition.

“Britain is the world's seventh largest economy and yet people are going hungry”

A letter from the Church of England

Reverend Stephen Cottrell, bishop of Chelmsford, said: "Food banks provide a fantastic service but it is scandalous that in our society we should need a single food bank let alone hundreds of them."

The number of Brits depending on food banks have risen dramatically since 818,000 claimants had their benefits slashed in October 2012.

Catholic Archbishop Vincent Nichols said that the Government's benefit cuts were a 'disgrace'.

The Prime Minister defended his actions by saying his reforms were a "moral mission", that they gave people "hope".

STARVING: The End Hunger Fast campaign is encouraging people to fast for lent, highlighting the hardship that hunger can present [PH]

The letter was sent as part of the End Hunger Fast campaign, founder Rev Keith Hebden claims that the coalition were "failing in its duty of care" by letting people go hungry.

"We must reconsider urgently the society we are becoming; the hunger we permit. For David Cameron to defend what is happening in the welfare system as a part of his 'moral mission', when in reality is that hundreds of thousands of Britains have been left hungry is truly shocking."

The End Hunger Fast campaign encourages people to fast for lent in solidarity with those going who are going hungry across the UK.